by Nelson Bailey | Sep 7, 2017 | Environmental Justice, Press Releases, Spiritual Ecology
18 Paddle Against the Pipeline group Participant in Paddle Against Pipeline Heidi Dhivya Berthoud Malik Olson Andrew Rodriguez ASSOCIATED ARTICLE: Pressure Mounts on Officials Weighing Pipeline Projects SCOTTSVILLE, Va. (WVIR) -A group of kayakers is paddling the...
by Nelson Bailey | Sep 7, 2017 | Press Releases
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by Nelson Bailey | Sep 6, 2017 | Press Releases
Press conference Wednesday morning outside FERC offices to feature landowner-plaintiffs and their attorney, and regional organizers Washington, D.C. — Landowners whose farms and homes are in the path of the proposed Atlantic Coast and Mountain Valley fracked gas...
by Nelson Bailey | Sep 5, 2017 | Pipelines, Politics of energy
West Chester >> State Sen. Andy Dinniman, D-19, said he was forced to file a right-to-know request to obtain a list of private groundwater wells located near the path of Sunoco Pipeline’s Mariner East 2 pipeline project in Chester County. “While I find it...
by Nelson Bailey | Sep 5, 2017 | Environmental Justice, Politics of energy
To Understand Pipeline Economics, Follow the Money by TomH I have worked for electric and gas utilities in other states, so I am interested in seeing a modern energy system developed in Virginia. I prefer to find solutions where everyone wins, but Virginia is...
by Nelson Bailey | Sep 5, 2017 | Press Releases
If you would like to send an email blast: Dear NAME, Are you concerned about fracking? Natural gas pipelines and compressor stations? Have you tried to make the argument that fracking is unsafe, yet haven’t yet found a way to do so with research? ...
by Nelson Bailey | Sep 2, 2017 | Politics of energy
Staff of regulatory agency recommends new hearing on controversial Dominion Haymarket line he staff of the Virginia State Corporation Commission is recommending a new hearing on Dominion Energy’s request to build a transmission line in Prince William County, a project...
by Nelson Bailey | Sep 1, 2017 | Press Releases
Environmental radicalism has now fully metastasized at the New York Dept. of Environmental Conservation (DEC). The organization is nothing more than a political tool of the environmental far-left (and corrupt Gov. Cuomo), as evidenced in the DEC’s latest outrageous...
by Nelson Bailey | Sep 1, 2017 | Press Releases
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by Nelson Bailey | Aug 31, 2017 | Press Releases
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by Nelson Bailey | Aug 31, 2017 | For Landowners, Pipelines
If you know where to look, you can spot them along the roadsides as you drive through the hilly farmland of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Short wooden stakes stand exactly 50 feet apart, topped with orange tape. The markers seem benign, but for many Lancaster...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 30, 2017 | Spiritual Ecology
Dear Landowners, Below is information on what I’ve been working on in the Appalachia region. Please feel free to call me if you’d like to discuss further… thank you for your time, possible interest and any support you can give! Bold Alliance has been working to grow...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 30, 2017 | Fossil Fuels, Fracking
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Drilling associated with the construction of the Mariner East 2 Pipeline Project has been halted after a material surfaced, the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has confirmed. The DEP issued this statement on the matter: DEP is...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 28, 2017 | Natural Gas, Politics of energy
The Supreme Court of Virginia has agreed to hear another appeal challenging a controversial state law that allows surveyors for natural gas pipeline companies to enter private property without an owner’s consent. Chuck Lollar, a Norfolk-based lawyer representing six...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 28, 2017 | Accidents, Health & Safety
The natural-gas transmission pipeline explosion that raked a portion of Morgan County yesterday was caused by a pipeline failure, investigators announced this afternoon. Update: The natural-gas transmission pipeline explosion that raked a portion of Morgan County...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 28, 2017 | Conservation, Politics of energy, Spiritual Ecology
One of the 50 people in a town meeting hall – so crammed he had to stand – asked how many of his fellow citizens wanted to form a group to express their safety concerns and demand answers from the company that planned to plant a new natural gas liquids pipeline....
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 25, 2017 | Endangered Species, Fossil Fuels, Natural Gas
By Letters to the Editor Editor: Really?! Your headline article on Aug. 18, “Gas agreement near completion,” states that “Buckingham County will contribute $260,000 as an aid in construction toward the construction of the Lateral (line).” E.M. Wright refers to this as...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 25, 2017 | Endangered Species, Health & Safety, Natural Gas, Politics of energy
By Letters to the Editor Editor: While the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is the primary regulator for approval of natural gas pipelines, Virginia’s Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is the responsible party for water protection. The Atlantic Coast...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 25, 2017 | Environmental Justice, Events
By Letters to the Editor Published 3:47 pm Thursday, August 24, 2017 Editor: I too agree that respectful responses are always best. I also think that when someone is telling such an outrageous, egregious lie as the speaker was that it is difficult to let it go. I do...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 25, 2017 | Environmental Justice, Pipelines, Politics of energy
CREDIT AP PHOTO / STEVE HELBER, FILE Democratic Governor Terry McAuliffe may have only a few months left as governor, but they may end up being some of the most tumultuous of his term in office. A coalition of environmental activists is planning a three day protest in...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 25, 2017 | Press Releases
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by Nelson Bailey | Aug 24, 2017 | Press Releases
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by Nelson Bailey | Aug 24, 2017 | Health & Safety
As massive new pipeline projects continue to generate news, the existing midstream infrastructure that’s hidden beneath our feet continues to be problematic on a daily basis. Since 2010, there have been 4,215 pipeline incidents resulting in 100 reported fatalities,...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 24, 2017 | Press Releases
New renewable energy storage technology has the power to turn solar and wind energy into a reliable source of electricity generation for U.S. utilities. Storage makes renewable energy available when it’s needed the most. Peak electricity usage happens in the early...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 24, 2017 | Press Releases
RICHMOND, Va. — Several groups protesting the two proposed natural-gas pipelines brought boxes full of public comments to the Department of Environmental Quality in Richmond. “DEQ, get a clue,” a group of more than a dozen people chanted Tuesday...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 24, 2017 | Fossil Fuels, Health & Safety, Regulatory Permit Process
An appeals court on Tuesday rejected the federal government’s approval of a natural gas pipeline project in the southeastern U.S., citing concerns about its impact on climate change. In a 2-1 ruling, the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit found that...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 24, 2017 | PEIS, Pipelines, Politics of energy
A federal court ruling has upheld the decision last year by New York’s Department of Environmental Conservation to deny a state water quality permit sought by the Constitution Pipeline, an interstate natural gas transmission pipeline. The court’s decision, handed down...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 23, 2017 | For Landowners, Fracking, Pipelines, Regulatory Permit Process
A federal appeals court ruled against the Constitution Pipeline Friday, in a challenge it brought against New York State’s denial of a water quality permit. The decision is a major blow to the embattled project, which was planned to run 121 miles, carrying natural gas...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 22, 2017 | Accidents, Endangered Species, Fossil Fuels, Pipelines
Just weeks after ordering a temporary halt to construction of part of the Rover Pipeline in Doddridge County, West Virginia inspectors discovered more water pollution violations at Rover construction operations in two other counties, according to records obtained...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 21, 2017 | Fossil Fuels, Natural Gas
Neighbors Bob and Donna Jones and Tom and Bonnie Triplett share two strong feelings that sometimes dog their waking hours and bedevil their sleep: bewilderment and dread. Bewilderment because the couples, whose properties abut along Mt. Tabor Road in Montgomery...
